Thursday, November 3, 2011

Dev-C++ 5.0.0.6 released

The variable scanner now also supports local variables in non-class functions.

The scanner now does not scan the same word twice (making it 2x faster).

The Environment Options window now does not crash when its not allowed to edit file associations.

One can now use Ctrl+Scroll to edit text size, just like in browsers. Also added information about it in the Options menu.

Files now open up much faster thanks to avoiding repaints.

Fixed a buffer overflow in the tooltip generator and rewritten the locals scanner, which is now 50% faster.

The append closing braces function now works on every keyboard Win32 supports.

Removed any reference to DevTabs, which were too flaky edits (for example, the ComCtrl Manifest caused it to not paint child windows) of TPageControl and TTabControl.

Fixed a bug in the code that checks for the existence of tools.

Added new Chinese_TC translations created by cin.getline.

The uninstaller now does not forget to delete Dev's help file and folder if it's empty.

Important notices

The options format has changed. If you want to reuse an old pre-4.9.9.3 config file (NOT recommended), or, more importantly, when you're overriding Compiler Options in your project, you need to re-set these project settings once and save the project. You'll then have an updated 4.9.9.3+ project file.

This version has GCC built-in instead of being an aditional package. It also contains D3D9/10/11, GDI, Win32 and OpenGL headers and libraries in that flavor.

This version is now fully portable. If you also don't want Dev to leave anything behind in the registry, please select "Portable" or "Minimal" in the setup options.

For ultimate portable programming, please launch devcppPortable.exe located in the main folder of the portable zip download. This will make dev save its configuration files in the same folder as the executable.

DownloadThe setup can be downloaded here. The Portable zip version can be downloaded here. The source code can be found here.

CommentsThe spam filter on blogspot has decided to flag quite a few comments from me and others as spam and moved them to a place where I'd never look: the spam/junk box. That spam box doesn't tell you there's something in it at all, nor is it visible on the main page. I opened it today, and found quite a bunch of perfectly normal posts in there. All your non-spam comments have been moved to where they belong now.

Beta updateThe 5.0.0.7 Beta 2 update can be found here. Its source code can be found here.

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Translators needed

Dev-C++ is looking for translators, because the author doesn't master all thirty languages Dev-C++ is (partially) translated in.

So, if you're willing to translate Dev-C++ into a language or update the existing translation, don't hesitate to open up YourLanguage.lng and start translating/updating, using English.lng as the reference language.